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Effective prostate cancer treatment discovery
9 March 2010Monash University biomedical scientists have identified a new way to treat castrate resistant cells in prostate cancer sufferers – the most common cancer in Australian men. - more
Induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with premature ageing bring surprises
7 March 2010In a study that ties stem cell research together with research on ageing and cancer, investigators at Children's Hospital Boston have used genetic reprogramming to create cells from patients with a rare premature-ageing disorder that are able to rebuild their telomeres – the tips of chromosomes that must be maintained to prevent a cell from "ageing" and enabling it to divide and ... - more
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Treating prostate cancer with nitroglycerin
6 March 2010Treatment of prostate cancer using a very low dose of nitroglycerin may slow and even halt the progression of the disease without the severe side effects of current treatments, Queen's University researchers have discovered. - more
Non-invasive diagnostic tool for diagnosing testicular cancer
4 March 2010Researchers have found that non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a good diagnostic tool for the evaluation and staging of testicular cancer and may improve patient care by sparing some men unnecessary surgery, according to a study in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. - more
Personalising cancer: Creating biomarkers from tumour DNA
3 March 2010Researchers have developed a new technique for tracking cancer by identifying personalised biomarkers from tumour DNA. - more
Reversing resistance to kidney cancer treatment
1 March 2010Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers have found a way to reverse resistance to sunitinib, a treatment that is currently the first line of defense against clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), a deadly form of kidney cancer. Most patients who show a positive response to sunitinib develop a resistance to the drug after one year of treatment. - more
Genetic link to leukaemias of unknown origin
27 February 2010Although leukaemia is one of the best studied cancers, the cause of some types is still poorly understood. Now, a newly found mutation in acute myeloid leukaemia patients could account for half of the remaining cases of adult acute leukaemia with an unknown origin. - more
Small liquid sensor may detect cancer instantly
26 February 2010What if it were possible to go to the store and buy a kit to quickly and accurately diagnose cancer, similar to a pregnancy test? A University of Missouri researcher is developing a tiny sensor, known as an acoustic resonant sensor, that is smaller than a human hair and could test bodily fluids for a variety of diseases, including breast and prostate cancers. - more
Removal of ovaries following cancer diagnosis improves survival rate
21 February 2010Women who have recently been diagnosed with ovarian cancer or who are at a high risk for developing the disease may benefit from having their ovaries removed, said a gynaecologic oncologist at Baylor College of Medicine. - more
Low forms of cyclin E reduce breast cancer drug's effectiveness
20 February 2010Overexpression of low-molecular-weight (LMW-E) forms of the protein cyclin E renders the aromatase inhibitor letrozole ineffective among women with oestrogen-receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers, researchers from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in Clinical Cancer Research. - more
